Session Information:

Just in time to prepare your organization for your year-end appeals, this session will help you answer the following questions:

• What sort of response rate should I expect from my direct mail campaigns?
• How often should I communicate with my donors?
• What’s the most effective way to segment my donor list?
• Nonprofit versus first class postage: when should I use which?
• How do I set the right expectation with my board regarding direct mail campaigns?

Participants will also receive 7 proven tips for reducing expenses on printing and direct mail campaigns.

To learn more information about Blase Ciabaton click here.  To join this webinar, become a member of LoriJacobwith.com today!

Former attendees report that strategies from Lori’s session dramatically increased dollars raised from individual donors immediately.

Topics to be covered:

• Sharing the Story of Your Organization POWERFULLY
• Money and How Your Organization talks about it
• Donor Cultivation – What is it and how you may be missing opportunities to deepen donors commitment
• Tips for the use of social media and fundraising
• The Role of the Staff & Board in Fund Development

Location:
The Minnesota Literacy Council
756 Transfer Road
St. Paul, MN 55114

Session will begin promptly at 9 am
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Investment: $81 per person if alone or $72 per person for two or more people from one organization.

Register now!

Comments from previous attendees:

“Thank you for bringing this excitement and positive attitude toward fundraising and conveying our mission!”
~ Denise

“This session helped me grow as a person as well as a board member.”
~ Vickie

Session Information:

If you are a newcomer to writing grant proposals for your organization – or even if you have experience, but want to improve your process – come learn about ways to strengthen your proposals and structure the process to reduce stress and improve results. In this presentation, you will learn strategies for writing effective grant proposals, and how to think like a reviewer to improve your proposals, as well as lots of dos and don’ts to guide your writing.

To learn more information about Laura Lewis click here.  To join this webinar, become a member of LoriJacobwith.com today!

Join Lori Jacobwith for:
Breakout Session:  Less is More: Six Word Stories & Three Sentence Introductions

In our fast-paced world we have less than 10 seconds to make an impression. What you say to introduce yourself or your organization must cause people to want to learn more and to do something to help. The words you choose must make an impact. And the fewer words used the better. In this high hands-on learning session you will participate in two exercises that will get you excited to introduce your organization to others so that people want to take some action and learn more. By attending this session, you will identify words that cause people to want to take action, learn two strategies to share the impact of your organization and receive coaching and feedback to create short powerful introductory statements and six word stories.
Lori L. Jacobwith, founder/president, lorijacobwith.com and Apporté LLC

Location: Duluth, Minnesota 

Event hosted by:
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
For more information or to register for this conference click here.

Join Lori Jacobwith and Dawn Mikkelson for:
Breakout Session: What Your Video Says About You

There are many factors that contribute to good video – the level of production, number of stories, who tells the story, how long it is and how you share the video. All of these factors should culminate in raw, powerful emotion captured on video that causes action. This session will share best practices to apply whether you are filming an organization video with an intern and a Flip video or you have a budget of thousands. It’s about crafting the story, not the financial resources or lack thereof. Good, bad and ugly video examples will be shared. Attend this session to learn best practices for filming a nonprofit video on any budget, understand the importance of strategy in where your video is used, and identify emotional trigger points for your organization.  Lori L. Jacobwith, founder/president, lorijacobwith.com and Apporté LLC and Dawn Mikkelson, founder, Emergence Pictures, Inc.

Location: Duluth, Minnesota 

Event hosted by:
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
For more information or to register for this conference click here.

Creating a website is one thing; the problem is that “if you build it, they will come” doesn’t work. 

Unless you’re actively driving traffic to your website, you could be leaving a huge amount of organic search traffic (and potential income!) on the table.  

Search engine optimization is a process taking hold in the non-profit sector for organizations that wants to increase organic traffic from search engines.  We’ll provide an overview of industry best practices, answer your burning questions (like what the heck is meta-data and how does it help me?), and provide a few techniques you can apply to start making website improvements right now.

For more information, visit the SankyNet website.

To learn more information about David Hughes & Tim Ireland  click here.  To join this webinar, become a member of LoriJacobwith.com today!